This is the text of the Gender Recognition Bill [HL], as introduced in the House of Lords on 27th November 2003.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Constitutional Affairs, are published separately as Bill 004- EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

The Lord Falconer of Thoroton has made the following statement under section 191)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:In my view the provisions of the Gender Recognition Bill [HL] are compatible with the Convention rights.